The Duterte administration sent mixed signals on coming up with an “arrangement” on defense matters with the United States (U.S.) when it recently suspended for another six months the abrogation of the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA).
Self-proclaimed political operator and strategist Franco Mabanta, a supporter of President Rodrigo Duterte and defeated vice presidential candidate Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr., wrongly said that the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is the first pandemic “in a century.”
In his Oct. 26 public address, President Rodrigo Duterte promised to dedicate the remaining one and a half years of his term to “fighting corruption” in government.
Krizette Laureta Chu, writer and associate lifestyle editor of Manila Bulletin, blogger, and vocal supporter of President Rodrigo Duterte, erroneously claimed that Facebook (FB) third-party fact-checkers were responsible for the removal of FB page Hands Off Our Children, an “advocacy group” supposedly launched by parents against the recruitment of minors to the New People’s Army (NPA).
Twenty-one years since a group of residents brought to court the deteriorating state of Manila Bay, much remains to be done to complete its rehabilitation.
Senate President Vicente Sotto III claimed that hardheaded Filipinos are to blame for the cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in the country. This is without basis.
Video blogger (vlogger) Byron Cristobal, a Duterte and Marcos supporter better known as Banat By, misleadingly claimed that the adoption of a resolution calling for the improvement of the human rights situation in the Philippines by the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) proved there were no extrajudicial killings in the country.
Sen. Christopher Lawrence “Bong” Go changed his view once more on how drug-addicted individuals should be dealt with, saying in a Sept. 29 Senate hearing that they must be treated as “victims in dire need of assistance.”
The Office of the Ombudsman has issued new guidelines in releasing copies of Statement of Assets, Liabilities and Net Worth (SALN) more than one year after it suspended the processing of all requests from the media and the public.
President Rodrigo Duterte's appointment of Dante Gierran, former director of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI), as president and chief executive officer of the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth), a government-owned or controlled corporation (GOCC), has raised questions on his qualifications for the job.
